sockii is just your typical Jane-of-All-Trades who never has enough time in her day for all of her projects. She has written for many websites online including Squidoo, Zujava, Yahoo! Contributors Network, HubPages and Wizzley. She has been attending and vending at science fiction and media conventions for over 15 years, and for several years ran an art gallery and jewelry store in Philadelphia. Today she is happy to be living in South Jersey with her partner David and their 6 cats. Sockii is a member of several affiliate sales programs including Amazon Associates and Viglink. Products from these services may be advertised on her posts and pages to generate sales commissions.
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #13 – July 17, 2012
July 18, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Paula Deen and Sushi? There’s only 7 contestants remaining so now it’s time for the “Biggest Mystery Box Ever” – one that turns out to include none other than Paula Deen! The celebrity chef has put together a Mystery Box
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #12 – July 16, 2012
July 16, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Tonight’s episode begins with a team competition to feed 101 hungry cowboys! After a painful promotion (again!) of Walmart steaks, we see that one team will get New York Strip steaks to prepare, the other Rib Eye Steaks, and they must…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #11 – July 9, 2012
July 9, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
We’re down to the final nine hopeful chefs, and the competition should really be heating up now. So why did I feel like this episode was so predictable and a bit of a let down? Perhaps I’ve just become too used to FOX’s “editing for drama’s sake” – indeed…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #10 – July 3, 2012
July 4, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
The competition at MasterChef is really starting to heat up, as the final 11 contestants are soon to turn into the Top 10 – or less. For the Mystery Box challenge, they are told they will be joined by a special “Michelin Star”-awarded chef guest – Graham!
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #9 – July 2, 2012
July 3, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
The remaining twelve contestants now have to complete in a team challenge running food trucks to see which team can tempt the most diners – and earn the most money. Shades of “The Great Food Truck Race”? In any event, Stacey won the last challenge so she gets to not only pick all of her team members, but divide the other teams as well…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #8 – June 26, 2012
June 27, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Tonight’s episode followed the classic Mystery Box/Elimination Challenge combination, as the remaining 13 contestants vied to keep their aprons for another week. This had to be one of the most annoying product-placement challenges ever on MasterChef – a box of $15 worth of ingredients from WalMart including a T-Bone steak…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #7 – June 25, 2012
June 26, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
The teams must “Rise and Shine” to the challenge! This week’s team challenge sees the MasterChef contestants awoken at 3am and taken down to their hotel’s kitchen. It turns out their challenge will be for each team to prepare breakfast
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #6 – June 19, 2012
June 20, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
This episode’s Mystery Box challenge is a unique one for certain – offal! The contestants are presented with an assortment of meat and poultry organs from chicken livers to sweetbreads to cow’s tongue…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #5 – June 18, 2012
June 19, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
With episode #5, it feels like MasterChef Season 3 is finally getting underway! We have our first team challenge, where the remaining 16 contestants find themselves at Camp Pendleton, CA. They are told that their challenge is to prepare a healthy, balanced meal for 201 U.S. Marines containing one protein, one starch and one vegetable…
MasterChef US Season Three Episode #4 – June 12, 2012
June 13, 2012 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
So, we finally have our Top 18 contestants for MasterChef – and now it’s time for their first “Mystery Box” challenge! The Mystery Box challenges are some of my favorites as they’re a bit like Chopped – only part of the challenge here is the ability to choose NOT to use certain ingredients…
